- Put a sock in it
- This is one way of telling someone to shut up. Clearly the sock needs to be put in their loud mouth!
The American's guide to speaking British. 2013.
Put a sock in it
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put a sock in it — (slang; usu imperative) To become silent, stop talking • • • Main Entry: ↑sock * * * put a sock in it informal phrase used for telling someone in a rude way to be quiet Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to stop talking or to be quiet … Useful english dictionary
put a sock in it — If someone tells you to put a sock in it, they are telling you to shut up … The small dictionary of idiomes
put a sock in it — ► put a sock in it Brit. informal stop talking. Main Entry: ↑sock … English terms dictionary
put a sock in it — verb To stop talking; to be quiet; to shut ones mouth He went on and on until I finally told him to put a sock in it … Wiktionary
put a sock in it — Meaning Request to be quiet. Origin Early gramophones had no volume controls. To play them more quietly you would need to put a sock into the trumpet … Meaning and origin of phrases
Put a sock in it! — informal an impolite way of telling someone to be quiet. Put a sock in it! Some of us are trying to work around here … New idioms dictionary
put a sock in it Brit. — put a sock in it Brit. informal stop talking. → sock … English new terms dictionary
Put a sock in it! — Go to Stuff a sock in it! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
put a sock in it — Vrb phrs. Quieten down, stop talking. Usually in the imperative … English slang and colloquialisms
put a sock in it — informal used for telling someone in a rude way to be quiet … English dictionary
